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COLIC ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does colic artery mean?
• COLIC ARTERY (noun)
The noun COLIC ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. arteries that supply blood to the colon
Familiarity information: COLIC ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arteries that supply blood to the colon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria colica; colic artery
Hypernyms ("colic artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Holonyms ("colic artery" is a part of...):
abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)
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